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Microbe
Unit Review
What do we call the spread of
a disease in a small region?
epidemic
Which antibiotic would be
best to use to treat Influenza?
None, flu is caused by a virus
What is the best way to
minimize the impact of an
epidemic?
immunization
How might a fungal disease,
such as Athlete’s Foot, be
spread?
By direct contact with
fungus
What aspect or our current
society could most likely help an
epidemic become a pandemic?
We are very mobile, we move
from one place to the other freely
Genetically altering a plant so
that it has greater resistance to
disease and insect problems
would be an example of what?
biotechnology
What kind of impact can
biotechnology have on the
amount of food that can be
produced per acre in the
world?
It would
increase
If a doctor prescribes an
antibiotic to treat an illness,
what kind of pathogen is likely
the cause the illness?
bacteria
Name two areas where
biotechnology is having the most
impact right now?
Medicine and agriculture
What animal is the
vector for Malaria?
Anopheles Mosquitoes
Strep Throat is caused by what
kind of pathogen?
bacteria
What is the primary
difference between and
epidemic and a
pandemic?
Pandemics occur across
much larger areas
Diseases that can be
spread from one organism
to another are called
what?
infectious
What would be the main
problem associated with
being the carrier of a
disease?
Not knowing you
were contagious
Would the HIV AIDS
outbreak which has lasted
over 30 years, across every
continent be considered
an epidemic or pandemic?
pandemic
The amount of crops
grown in a given field is
referred to as what?
Yield
Why is it so critical to
continually be working on new
antibiotics?
Pathogens are becoming
resistant to antibiotics
over time
Hand sanitizers help
prevent the spread of
disease by which
method?
Direct contact
Name an ethical
consideration associated
with the use of GMO’s
(Genetically Modified
Organism)?
Long term environmental and
human health effects
What will likely happen to the
incidence of infection disease in a
community as the sanitation level
of that community increases?
decrease
Are viruses living or
nonliving?
Non-living
What kind of pathogen
causes the disease cholera?
bacteria
Why can’t HIV AIDS be
successfully treated with
antibiotics?
It is caused by a virus
Why are mosquitoes
considered vectors for
Malaria?
They cannot get the disease and are
necessary for its transmission
What antibiotic was developed
from a fungus and has been used
to cure many illnesses that could
have led to epidemics?
penicillin
What must a virus do
to reproduce?
Be absorbed by a cell
How do bacteria
reproduce?
Binary Fission
Downs Syndrome is
caused by what?
genetics
What is the normal course
of action when treating
bacterial diseases?
antibiotics
Risk/Benefit analysis, which
considers a balance between
benefit and risk is an important
consideration in what new area of
scientific investigation?
biotechnology
In a parasitic relationship, the
parasite benefits by the
association. How is the host
affected in a parasitic
relationship?
Host is negatively
affected
Introducing foreign DNA into an
organism in order to modify the
organism’s DNA is an example
of what?
Genetic engineering
What kind of organism is the
pathogen that causes the disease
Tetanus?
bacteria
What kind of pathogen spreads
cancer?
Cancer is noninfectious
Rabies and Lyme disease are
both spread by contact with
animals. What are the animals
that are necessary to spread a
disease called?
vectors
What is the best way to
prevent microbial
infection?
Washing hands
All organisms which are
microscopic in size can be
classified as what?
microbes